Smith Business Close-Up Premieres on MPT

The Smith School has teamed up with Maryland Public Television (MPT) to produce a regular television segment focusing on todays best business practices and other business management issues. The segment, called Smith Business Close-Up, will air as part of the weekly Business Connection program that is broadcast Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. on MPT. The segment will feature interviews with Smith School faculty members and other business management experts, and will originate from the business school.

As one of the worlds leading institutions for management research and education for the digital economy, the Smith School of Business can deliver invaluable insight to viewers of Maryland Public Television, said Howard Frank, dean of the Smith School. Our relationship with MPT is a great opportunity for business leaders, entrepreneurs, and other members of the regions business community to benefit from the Smith Schools expertise and research into best business practices.

The first Smith Business Close-Up segment aired on MPT on Thursday, June 5, and featured an interview with Larry Gordon, Ernst & Young Alumni Professor of Managerial Accounting at the Smith School (pictured, right, in the Financial Markets Laboratory during the taping.). The interview centered on information security and provided insight into how firms should prioritize and best allocate spending on information security. Professor Gordon has conducted extensive research in this area and presented his findings at the Second Annual Workshop on Economics and Information Security, May 29 - 30 in College Park, Md.

We are very excited to be working with the Smith School to produce what promises to be a highly informative segment, of particular interest to business professionals throughout Maryland and the Washington, D.C. region, said MPTs Eric Eggleton, senior vice president and chief content officer. By teaming up with the school to produce Smith Business Close-Up, MPT can deliver practical know-how that will help our viewers gain competitive advantage in business.

Business Connection is produced in association with the Baltimore and Washington Business Journals and is broadcast each Thursday at 7:30 p.m., with a repeat broadcast the following Sunday at 11 a.m. The show can be seen on Maryland Public Television channels throughout Maryland and in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including: WMPB-TV (Ch. 67), WMPT-TV (Ch. 22), WCPB-TV (Ch. 28), WFPT-TV (Ch. 62), WWPB-TV (Ch. 31), and WGPT-TV (Ch. 36). Information on Business Connection and the full line-up of MPTs locally produced programs can be found at www.mpt.org.